Tagalog
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- proper noun
- /təˈɡɑːlɒɡ/
- There was a lot of excited chattering in a language I identified as Tagalog, and one voice, a big, raspy baritone, rolled over it in English.
- speak Tagalog
- Tagalog language
- Filipino and Tagalog
Examples
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The chef speaks only Tagalog, so this a visual guide to appetizers, broken down by dietary restrictions and food allergies.
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In Tagalog, duende means dark spirit or power.
Academic text (2011) -
I was watching stuff, But do you speak in Tagalog with your parents?
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You speak Tagalog, though, right?
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The adults always spoke in Tagalog.
Fiction book (1997) -
The local language, Tagalog, is so influenced by Spanish that Spanish speakers can somewhat understand what the locals are saying.
Blog text (16) -
Reggie Lee is Filipino and speaks fluent Tagalog.
Blog text (33) -
Then they're chattering away in Tagalog, and I'm completely lost for the rest of the evening, except to smile every time Ceci looks across the room at me.
Fiction book (1997) -
We must have frightened him; we had not shaved for days, and he was about to turn and flee when I shouted in Tagalog that he should not be afraid, that we were Filipino soldiers, not Japanese.
Fiction book (2000) -
Do you want to learn Tagalog before your trip to the Philippines?
Synonyms
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The official language of the Philippines based mainly on Tagalog and other local languages
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The official national language of the Philippines based on Tagalog and using words from other local languages
The official way of speaking in the Philippines based on Tagalog and including words from other local languages
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Tagalog comes from the parts taga- 'from' and ilog 'river', meaning 'people from the river'. The Tagalog language was the speech of those people and later became the basis of the national language Filipino.